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398 Painting was left unfinished at his death, and carried at his funeral with the colours still wet : it is now the most valued possession of the Vatican. Of his smaller paintings we must name — S. Cecilia. In the Bologna Gallery. Vision of Ezekiel. In the Pitti Palace, Florence. Visitation. In the Madrid Gallery. Archangel Michael. In the Louvre. S. Margaret. In the Louvre {replica in the Belvedere, Vienna). S. Catharine of Alexandria. In the National Gallery. And of his portraits, that of himself, in the Louvre ; the Fomarina, in the Barberini Gallery, Rome ; and those of Bindo Altoviti, in the Munich Gallery; of a beautiful Roman Maiden, and of Julius II. (a copy of which is in the National Gallery), and Leo X., with two Cardinals, all in the Pitti Palace, Florence. On the death of Raphael at the age of thirty-seven all Europe was thrown into mourning, and for a time the inspiration of painters was gone. Never did one man's death create so vast a void — never was memory more fondly cherished. In the words of Kugler, " His works were regarded with religious veneration, as if God had revealed Himself through Raphael as, in former days, through the prophets." Raphael's pupils and followers were extremely numerous, and many of his excellences were successfully imitated. His most celebrated scholar was Giulio de' Giannuzzi, called Giulio Romano (1498-1546), well represented in our National Gallery by his Mary Magdalen, Capture of Carthageua, etc., who took a share in the execution of